Hospital Readmissions from Patients’ Perspectives

80 patients with consecutive, unplanned readmissions to the hospitalist service within 30 days of discharge at a large urban community hospital. Mean age 50.8 ± 18.3 years, 51% men, 51% black. Sickle cell disease was the leading diagnosis (11.3%).

Factors contributing to hospital readmission as seen from patients' perspectivespatient reported